Scary Movie writer to create Fifty Shades spoof

Perhaps it was inevitable, but the leather upholstery of Christian Grey's Red Room of Pain is about to be punctured: by a Fifty Shade of Grey spoof.

Marlon Wayans, the writer of the first two hit parody Scary Movie films, has turned his attention to EL James and Sam Taylor-Johnson's erotic romp. Fifty Shades of Black will be made by the same creative team who delivered Haunted House, a riff on Paranormal Activity, and is aiming for a release in early 2016.

Wayans told Variety: "Sex and comedy go hand-in-hand and I’m looking forward to having fun with this project."

"It’s amazing when a film of this calibre comes along, begging to be made fun of. I’m really happy to be doing what I love with people I love to do it with. That double entendre was intentional."

Fifty Shades of Grey took the international box office by storm, making $569 million, as well as becoming an unlikely pop culture phenomenon, and therefore fits the bill for a Wayans parody.

The filmmaker has previously taken on such cinematic leviathans as 300 (Meet the Spartans) and the Hunger Games franchise (The Starving Games).

Like in the Haunted House films, Wayans will act in Fifty Shades of Black. The teaser image suggests he will take a starring role in film, possibly as Black, a pastiche of Jamie Dornan's brooding character Christian Grey.